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The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each ethnicity generally having their own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afroasiatic , Khoisan , Niger-Congo , and Nilo-Saharan populations.
ethnologue.com Archived 2012-10-04 at the Wayback Machine: Ethnic and linguistic breakdown for Niger. OECD/ AEO 2007 Niger country study Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine. The AGRHYMET Regional Centre (ARC), Niamey Office Archived 2008-02-19 at the Wayback Machine. Institute of the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in ...
Niger, [a] officially the Republic of the Niger, [b] is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state bordered by Libya to the northeast , Chad to the east , Nigeria to the south , Benin and Burkina Faso to the southwest , Mali to the west , and Algeria to the northwest .
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Niger" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ait-Awari tribe;
The development of Berberism in North Africa in the 1990s fostered a Tuareg ethnic revival. [42] Since 1998, three different flags have been designed to represent the Tuareg. [43] In Niger, the Tuareg people remain socially and economically marginalized, remaining poor and unrepresented in Niger's central government. [44]
The Dendi are an ethnic group located in Benin, Niger, Nigeria and northern Togo mainly in the plains of the Niger River. They are part of the Songhai people. Derived from the Songhay language, the term "Dendi" translates to "down the river." The community consists of 195,633 people. Among them, only 4,505 live in Nigeria.
While some countries make classifications based on broad ancestry groups or characteristics such as skin color (e.g., the white ethnic category in the United States and some other countries), other countries use various ethnic, cultural, linguistic, or religious factors for classification. Ethnic groups may be subdivided into subgroups, which ...
The location of Niger An enlargeable map of Niger. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Niger: Niger – landlocked sovereign country located in West Africa. [1] It was named for the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and ...